to quote

i have this disconcerting feeling that its going by too quick. i realised my poor blog hasn't been posted on in all fairness, its the too many blogs syndrome. so i import, resubmit, highlight, attempt to slow down and enjoy!

so this is the brief e diary of my last trip to the tip.

from clutch

Thursday, April 27, 2006

9000
parikrama over, back to erode! its been quite a hardcore two weeks, tamil nadu and kerela make one hell of a pair! erode, kodi(yes we scored mushrooms, but dry mushrooms are fuck all you have to come in september!)then adi left for his daddy! and the pace quickened for a toddy guzzling enraged driving bout with swastik.madurai, rameshwaram, dhanush kodi, eruvadi, tuticorin, tirunelveli, nagercoil, trivandrum, enter kerela! varkala beach . . . jew town cochin . . . pannor beach, tellicherry, waynad, ooty, erode. . . awesome circle. the roads were also great leave a few!now i plan to drive up the centre, lets see how fast i can manage it! its about 2500 . . . my average has dropped to just 200 km/day since i met adi! cheers!someone post
posted by tj at 2:09 AM 1 comments
Wednesday, April 12, 2006

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we're upto 3! almost managedfour but the big gada andhisoldbike couldn'tpartfrom bangalore.so now tik adi and i go further down! we've reached erode . . . adi's mansion full with blasting music, net servants dogs and aircon! the mushrooms are calling!the drive down the centre of the country was really something else! the plateau is quite spectacular! never expected such expanse . . . and then some! not to mention ajanta ellora daulatabad bijapur hampi where we decided notto bunk the entire coast and head out to gokarna . . . truely one of the virginestbeaches i have seen! golden sand transparent waves and lush green mountains crumbling stonily into the surf . . . beats the pants off goa!nh17 hasclimbed up to the top of my favouritehighways! udipi manipal managalore bangalore erode . . . the drive from banagalore to tamilnad is also something else! you can sensethe peninsula petering out bouldering southward! the last leg promises to elevate!cheers!
posted by tj at 12:35 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, March 29, 2006

4500KM AND GOING STRONG . . .
hey! with trepidation i tread on a blog worn with posting! whats up with the biketr bunch? vasant kunj gatherings . . . at moni's place in meera road, bombay. quite a contrast from cuffe parade last night! feels quite cool to have reached the fast city, and now that adis with me . . .we take on the peninsula . . !its been quite a crazy last two weeks, delhi, tonk, bundi, bhilwara, mount abu, bhuj, narain sarovar, lakhpat, kaladungar(khavda), junagadh, bagodra, baroda, daman, mumbai and tonight meera road!from hewre we go north east towards ajanta ellora and daulatabad . . . adi's bike is quite cool standard a350 god knows what that means but it rides cool. found a good mechanic in andheri set up adis bike all right, he trained it up, so broke the indicators, and break lever and stuff, also his point was worn and gearbox dry! but we seem all set to roll . . . there is so much to say, its dificult to sift thru the experiences!adi just walked in with a couple of cold beers so things are looking up!cheerstj
posted by tj at 7:20 AM 1 comments
Thursday, March 09, 2006

off . . .
finally, its something preparing for a solo trip, or maybe i'm just paranoid . . .
posted by tj at 6:46 PM 0 comments
Sunday, March 05, 2006

got 'em
the very one in the picture. quite cool, better on the outside than inside though! rearing to go . . .
posted by tj at 1:47 PM 1 comments
Friday, March 03, 2006

ideas for the bags
oye peoplewe can get some idea about the bags we are wanting to achieve from the website mentioned.www.cramster.inthe picture is that of 'stallion' - the series this comapny makes for bullets as such....it's a bangalore based firm and the bag in the picture costs about 2000 bucks.
posted by lvs at 9:57 PM 1 comments